Prohibited items are commodities that we cannot accept due to a number of reasons. In some cases, it’s due to the high value of the commodity in other cases its because the cargo is considered hazardous materials. If you book a shipment that contains Prohibited items and it is picked up, we will return the shipment back to the pickup location and bill you for the pickup and redelivery. Shipping Undeclared Dangerous goods is illegal and carries a hefty fine and in some cases is associated with possible jail time. If you are unsure if your items are considered hazardous and they are not listed on this list you can check with our staff and we may be able to assist.

ExFreight does not ship perishable items. We ship non-perishable items defined as cargo that will not be degraded or damaged due to shipment delays or exposure to heat or cold.

Packages that are wet, leaking or emit odor are not eligible for transport.

Prohibited items for transport

Acid (Including but not limited to Class 8 hazardous goods. Battery acid, acid batteries, hyrdochloric acid, nitric acid, sulphuric acid).

Activated carbon (Carbon black)

Adhesives (toxic/flammable)

Aerosols

Alarm devices (gas or battery powered)

Alcohol (more than 70%) by volume

Alkaline

Aluminum powder

Ammonia-based products

Ammunition

Animals (Alive or dead)

Antiques

Artwork

Asbestos

Batteries (automotive / wet cell)

Battery fluid

Blasting caps

Bleach

Brake fluid

Bullion

Butane

Camphor

Caps for toy guns or starting guns

Cash/Currency

Caustic soda

Charcoal

Chemicals

Chlorates

Chlorine

Christmas crackers

Cigarette Lighters

Corrosives

Essential oils (Eucalyptus, Tea Tree, etc.)

Explosives

Fertilizers

Firearms/Parts

Fire extinguishers

Fireworks

Fake/dummy/toy weapons, paintball guns, antique weapons

Flammable liquids & solids

Flares

Furs and skins

Gasoline

Gasses (Propane, Butane, Helium)

Gas cylinders

Glue (flammable/toxic)

Hair coloring / bleaches

Hair spray

Human remains (including ashes)

Igniters

Illegal narcotic substances

Indecent goods and pornography

Insecticides

Items that can be used as weapons (Including but not limited to swords, knives, etc.)

Jewelry

Kerosene

Knives

Laundry detergents

Lighters

Lighter fluid

Liquid nitrogen

Lithium batteries (not self-contained)

Magnets

Matches

Mercury

Motor fuels

Nail polish

Nail polish remover

Narcotics

Noxious substances

Oven cleaners

Oxygen tanks/cylinders

Oxidizing substances and organic peroxides

Packages that are wet/odor

Paint (oil based)

Party poppers

Payment cards, traveler cheques, savings bonds

Perfumes

Perishable foodstuff and goods

Peroxides

Personal effects of any kind

Petrol

Phosphorous

Pianos

Plants/Seeds

Plastic solvent

Poison

Precious stones & metals

Prescription drugs

Printer/copier toner

Propane

Radioactive materials

Shock absorbers (Gas or compressed air)

Smoke signals

Solvents

Sodium

Sulphuric acid

Swimming pool chemicals

Textile dyes

Thermometers (mercury)

Tobacco and any product containing nicotine

Toner

Weapons (all)

Turpentine

Vape juice

Varnish

Works of art

Zinc powder